Cargo Description: General merchandise such as toys and pharmaceticals.

Length: 152.50

Beam: 25.00

Depth of Hold: 9.40

Hull Material: wood

Gross Tonnage: 522.00

Propulsion Type: steam screw

Vessel

Location

Body of Water: Lake Michigan

County: Milwaukee

Nearest City: Milwaukee

Latitude: N 42° 58.25'

Longitude: W 087° 48.74'

Vessel

Builder

Registry Number: 136131

Builder: H.B. and G.B. Burger

Year Built: 1890

Location Built: Manitowoc, WI

Owners: Chicago Milwaukee Steamship Co.

Home Port: New York, NY

Service History

The wooden steamer Eugene C. Hart was built in 1890 as a package freighter. She served the Hart Shipping Line until 1917 when she was sold and sent to the east coast during World War I. In 1919 she was renamed the Norlond and in the spring of 1922 returned to the Great Lakes.

Final Voyage

"November 13, 1922. The package freighter Norlond left Chicago for Milwaukee Saturday night, putting in for Racine during a gale, and continuing Monday morning. Soon after leaving Racine, she sprang a leak, and after trying to save her for two hours, the Captain and crew took to lifeboats. The Norlond sank stern first off of Milwaukee's South Point with $500,000 in cargo."

Today

"The Norlond sets upright in 58 feet of water on a sand and mud bottom, broken up and scattered about. The upper portion of the hull has fallen apart with the boiler, shaft and propeller, keel exposed. The cargo of general merchandise had been strewn across the bottom.